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SUNBURST network beacons

Description

Identifies SolarWinds SUNBURST domain beacon IOCs in DeviceNetworkEvents References: - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html - https://gist.github.com/olafhartong/71ffdd4cab4b6acd5cbcd1a0691ff82f
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.5
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let SunburstURL=dynamic(["panhardware.com","databasegalore.com","avsvmcloud.com","freescanonline.com","thedoccloud.com","deftsecurity.com"]);
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where ActionType == "ConnectionSuccess"
| where RemoteUrl in(SunburstURL)
| extend HashAlgorithm = 'MD5'
| extend HostName = tostring(split(DeviceName, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(DeviceName, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(DeviceName, DomainIndex + 1), DeviceName)

Declared entities

HostAccountIPURLFileHash

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
ce1e7025-866c-41f3-9b08-ec170e05e73e
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Defender XDR/Analytic Rules/SolarWinds_SUNBURST_Network-IOCs.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Defender XDR/Data/Solution_Microsoft Defender XDR.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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